PM inaugurates Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar.

• The theme for Digital India Week 2022 was Catalyzing New India’s Techade.

PM launched various initiatives:

• Digital India Bhashini’ will enable easy access to the internet and digital services in Indian languages, including voice-based access, and help the creation of content in Indian languages.
• Digital India GENESIS’ (Gen-next Support for Innovative Startups) – a National Deep-tech Startup Platform, to discover, support, grow and make successful startups in Tier-II and Tier-III cities of India.
• global’ – a global repository of key projects implemented under India Stack like Aadhaar, UPI, Digilocker, Cowin Vaccination Platform, Government e-Marketplace (GeM), DIKSHA Platform and Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission
• MyScheme’ – a service discovery platform facilitating access to Government Schemes. It aims to offer a one-stop search and discovery portal where users can find schemes that they are eligible for.
• Meri Pehchaan’- National Single Sign on for One Citizen Login. National Single Sign-On (NSSO) is a user authentication service in which a single set of credentials provide access to multiple online applications or services.

KEY POINTS

• PM announces the first cohort of 30 Institutions to be supported under Chips to Startup Programme.
• India is working on the target of taking electronics manufacturing to more than $ 300 billion in the next three-four years.
• India is guiding the world in the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0.
• Digital India has brought the government to the doorsteps and phones of the citizens.
• India’s FinTech endeavour is truly a solution by the people, of the people and for the people.
• India wants to become a chip maker from a chip taker.